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This must have resource is ideal to supplement, enhance or enrich any science program! Focus on concepts and skills to enable students to become familiar with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) concepts. Students will be also introduced to STEM occupations. Pages are ready-to-go, reproducible and include informational text, experiments, extension activities and teacher pages.

In order for students to acquire new knowledge and learning, they must be able to understand what they read, hear, and are asked to do in the classroom. This series provides definitions and practice opportunities for specific instructional verbs so students can comprehend and follow directions. Teachers are also given strategies for how to teach academic vocabulary. A glossary, which lists common academic vocabulary used in all subjects, is included. All passages are Lexile leveled. 112 pages.

This award-winning series is a great way to add fun, depth, and critical thinking to science instruction on a variety of topics. Students will learn about the scientific method, tools, inventions, and how technology becomes part of our lives. Each book includes a wide range of experiments, projects, activities, and even a science fair project. Possible careers along with the required skills and education are also presented. 32 pages.

From KWLs to “foldables” and more, the Illinois Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! resource includes activities that will have students exploring their state's history, geography, people, government, economics, and symbols in a whole new way! A true-time saver, the Illinois Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! includes ready-to-use pages and instructions that make state-studies fun and successful for the whole class.

The Illinois Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! is more than just a notebook for taking notes—it's a way of collecting and thinking about information. The Illinois Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! helps students become creative, independent, and reflective thinkers, readers, and writers. Students learn to express their own ideas and apply skills learned in class. The Illinois Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! gives teachers ready-to-use pages, templates, instructions, writing prompts, and more, making it easy to start using their interactive notebooks today!

WHY USE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS?

Interactive Notebooks are great for students!

Building an Interactive Notebook helps students build organization skills as they take responsibility for their learning resources.

The Interactive Notebook provides students with an outlet to apply the knowledge they gain in ways that express their own ideas and creativity.

The 100 worksheets in the Minutes to Mastery series can be used as timed tests for practice in key math areas. Multiple opportunities are presented to solve standards-based problems while developing speed and fluency. These practice tests help students to build confidence in their math abilities during testing situations.

Improve reading comprehension scores with this personalized approach. Adding the Standards-Based Connections: Reading book to your curriculum will help you identify learning gaps so that you can redirect focus as needed. Complete with skill assessments, practice pages, and self-assessing "I Can" statements, this book is sure to help your students stay on track.

Standards-Based Connections Reading for kindergarten offers focused skill practice in reading comprehension. A skill assessment will point out students' learning gaps. This allows teachers to choose appropriate student pages for individualized remediation. The student pages emphasize five important reading comprehension skills: summarizing, inferring, story elements, comparing and contrasting, and cause and effect. The book includes high-interest fiction and nonfiction, with texts about baby foxes, getting ready for school, bugs, jungle animals, and more.

Each 96-page book in the Standards-Based Connections Reading series includes a skill assessment, an assessment analysis, targeted practice pages, and an answer key, making this series an ideal resource for differentiation and remediation. The skill assessments and assessment analyses help teachers determine individualized instructional needs. And, the focused, comprehensive practice pages and self-assessments guide students to reflection and exploration for deeper learning!

Revised to incorporate Common Core mathematical standards in the best-selling daily lessons format. Activities practice number relationships, mathematical reasoning and processes, and computational fluency. Includes models and tools to aid students in problem solving and open-ended questions. Includes home–school connection downloadable activities in English and Spanish.

Make Geometry come alive using cooperative learning! In this book, you'll receive something you won't find in any textbook—HOW to teach Geometry successfully. You will find over 200 step-by-step activities to enhance Geometry exploration and mastery. In the process of working together through these carefully crafted activities, your students will learn more and enjoy Geometry more than you ever imagined possible! Topics covered: definitions, angles and lines, constructions, triangles, polygons and quadrilaterals, similarity, Pythagorean theorem and special right triangles, area, volume, and circles. Includes reproducible Geometry worksheets and blacklines for transparencies. 440 pages.

Channel children's natural enthusiasm for music and movement into a rich, positive learning experience with this toe-tapping program, featuring music by Greg & Steve. The concise, easy-to-follow lesson plans make teaching music enjoyable for the musical novice and expert alike. Written by Steven Traugh, each book includes two CDs featuring a total of over 30 fun songs. 64 pages each.

Music & Movement in the Classroom is a complete program of materials and teaching techniques designed to channel children's natural enthusiasm for music and movement into productive learning experiences. The program features:

Step-by-step lesson plans to make the program enjoyable to teach for both the musical novice and expert

Activities that are easy to schedule into weekly lesson plans

Lessons that reinforce basic curriculum goals and standards

Multimodal learning opportunities (visual, kinesthetic, auditory)

Ideas to foster children's creativity and self-expression

Thirty fun activities and motivating music by Greg & Steve create the magic for this exciting music and movement program!

Take just one minute a day to quickly assess student progress in basic math skills! This book features 100 quick drill sheets to help students increase speed in math operations and strengthen problem-solving skills. The 10 problems on each sheet can be done in one or two minutes and are a great warm-up to the daily math lesson.

Now there's a way for students to practice their math skills in a timed situation, enhance overall math fluency, and have fun at the same time! Eighth-Grade Math Minutes provides students with practice in every key area of eighth-grade math instruction, including

multiplication

division

problem solving

probability

graphing

place value

algebra and functions

geometry

square roots

percents, decimals, and fractions

number sense

measurement

spatial connections

math vocabulary

and more

Eighth-Grade Math Minutes features 100 "Minutes." Each Minute consists of 10 classroom-tested problems of varying degrees of difficulty for students to complete within a one-to two-minute period. This unique format offers students an ongoing opportunity to improve their own math fluency in a manageable, nonthreatening manner. The quick, timed drills, combined with instant feedback, make this a challenging and motivational assignment students will look forward to using each day. Students become active learners as they discover mathematical relationships, apply acquired understanding to complex situations, and find solutions to the realistic problems in each Minute.

These books provide teachers with the perfect resource for allowing students to practice a close and careful reading of texts. Various reading and vocabulary skills are covered, and a culminating reflection question for each passage engages students' higher-level thinking skills. In-depth questioning leads students to a deeper understanding of each passage, and students are required to refer to the text in order to give evidence-based answers. 64 pages.

Ideal for teachers, students, and parents, this series can be used as a stand-alone resource or a supplement for other science materials, including basals. Lessons include specific topic instruction, key terms, review activities in standardized test format, and experiment pages. 128 pages.